Robert Frank Merritt | American Battle Monuments Commission

Rank	Ship's Cook Second Class U.S. Navy
Date of Death	August 17 1942
Buried	Plot C Row 5 Grave 29 Corozal American Cemetery Corozal American Cemetery Calle Rufina Alfaro Edif. #6566 Panama

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Ship's Cook Second Class Robert Merritt was a 23 year old American man from Yakima, Washington serving aboard the submarine "USS Bass" (SS-164) during World War II with three years service. On August 17, 1942 while submerged in the Pacific near Balboa, Panama, a fire started in the after battery room and spread to the torpedo room killing 25 crew members from asphyxiation from poisonous gas. He was buried at Corozal American Cemetery.